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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Draft-resolution for Albania

Those few European MPs who showed interest for the debate of the Foreign
Committee of Albania got acquainted with the draft-resolution prepared
by the rapporteur of the European Parliament for the country that
demanded support for the candidate status, with the hope to fulfil the
remaining conditions.

“We are chosen
representatives of the European Parliament and I think that the comments
in my report are to offer clear indicators of what measures should be
approved, what steps should be taken and what must be done, so that we
can see the human rights, the living standards and so that the life
quality of the Albanians can improve”, declared Nikolaos Chountis,
rapporteur for Albania at the European Parliament.

The right and
left political groups reiterated the significance of the next elections
and the continuity of the political dialogue. The liberals focused on
impunity and the human rights.

Eduard Kukan, head of the
delegation for Balkan at the European Parliament underlined: “The
Candidate Status for Albania is reachable. But this depends more on the
political will and a stable dialogue between all political parties. It
might be too much saying that I want to be optimistic, but I would want
to be optimist and see some progress and a full normalization of the
interior political life in Albania. I also hope that the next elections
will not make this progress more difficult”.

The vice rapporteur
for Albania, Libor Rouceku, who is also a representative of the
Social-Democrats, added: “The Parliamentary elections of the next spring
will be essential for Albania in the next year. I think that this not
only should be mentioned, but it should be underlined, because it is
essential not only for Albania’s democratic development, but it is also a
test for the European progress of Albania, the guarantee of the
candidate status”.

A similar position was held by Marijete
Schaake, vice rapporteur for Albania: “This is an important start, the
beginning of what I think that could be a long process, or at least an
intensive process of reforms that should be deep and significant, not
superficial. This Parliament was a witness of a very painful political
polarization, and a stalemate that is deeply rooted in the current
Albanian political system. I think that it is important that we as a
Parliament can keep discussing and be in direct contact with the
Albanian people. This is for the future and for its own good, not for
the political class or a political generation”.

Present in the debate for the draft resolution were also representatives of the European Commission.

Vasilis
Maragos, head of the unit for Albania at the European Commission
declared for Top Channel: “I want to reiterate the significance that the
Albanian institutions are showing for the commitment in the war against
corruption and the organized crime, including the proactive
investigations and the judicial cases, so that they can guarantee not
only the European institutions, but also the Albanians, that there will
be no more impunity for the illegal actions”.

The second debate
for the resolution, with the increase of the amends from different
political groups, will be held on November 15th and will be voted at the
Foreign Commission on November 22nd. The final stance of the European
Parliament for Albania will be voted in the plenary session of December.

"Meeting about dialogue, without handshake"

BELGRADE, BRUSSELS -- PM Ivica Dačić said after
meeting with Hashim Thaci that a new meeting will be held in November,
and that Serbia's dialogue platform will be ready by then.

Ivica Dačić (Beta, file)

He
told B92 late on Friday that the Brussels meeting - organized and
attended by EU's Catherine Ashton - focused on reaching "an agreement on
the dialogue", and noted that there was "no historic handshake".
"Today's
meeting had the goal of enabling Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the EU
whose mediator she is, based on UN (SC) Resolution 1244, to establish
whether Belgrade and Priština wish to continue their dialogue and have
it raised to a higher level," the premier stated, and added:

"At the time we formed the authorities - and this was also said by the
Serbian president - we stated on several occasions that we wanted the
dialogue to resume, that we were ready for it, and that we had the most
interest in insisting on all the problems being solved peacefully,
considering that Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija live in very difficult
circumstances. In that sense I'd say that what I said at the start of
the meeting today was also very important - that Serbia, by agreeing to
resume the dialogue, does not change its stance on Kosovo and Metohija."

Serbia absolutely cannot, nor does it wish to, see this
dialogue result in a recognition of the unilaterally declared
independence of Kosovo, Dačić stressed, and added that it "considered
the dialogue to be status-neutral", advising at the same time "each
side" to show restrain in view of making unilateral moves.

"All participants in the meeting agreed to that," he revealed.

The prime minister further noted that there were subjects that Serbia
did not wish to discuss - "which does not mean there opinions about this
are unison", and that the dialogue could have any topic that would not
influence "the status-neutral position of Serbia toward Kosovo and
Metohija".

"What has been agreed upon is for the dialogue to
continue, for a new meeting to be held next month, a new round of talks,
and in the meantime our state officials will discuss our united state
platform and approach. Perhaps the most important result of this meeting
is that desire has been expressed to continue the political dialogue,
which is one of the conditions the European Council demanded from
Serbia, and that is to show visible progress in relations between
Belgrade and Priština."

Dačić also told B92 that today was "the
first time that he met with representatives of the interim institutions
in Kosovo", i.e., Kosovo Albanian officials, but that this was "not
true of Thaci".

He said that "Thaci told us he (was) also in
Rambouillet", and that he took part in "the dialogue in Vienna" that was
attended by Boris Tadić and Vojislav Koštunica:

"Clearly he
has more experience in negotiations. At the same time, it could hardly
be said that this today was a historic meeting."

Dačić then described the meeting he held with Thaci and Ashton:

"It was a meeting without any protocol at all. There were no plans to
shake hands, (there were) not even state symbols. You know that I'm
always wearing the Serbian flag pin on my lapel. Thaci had something
similar, with markings of Kosovo, but I did notice out loud that mine
was bigger... In any case, the atmosphere was very constructive."

Friday, October 19, 2012

“Issues should be solved through dialogue”

BELGRADE -- Serbian and Romanian Prime Ministers
Ivica Dačić and Victor Ponta agreed on Thursday the two countries'
relations were friendly and supportive.

Victor Ponta and Ivica Dačić (Beta)

They also added that any issues should be settled through dialogue, not pressure.
Ponta told a news conference after the meeting with Dačić that his country remained in strong friendship with Serbia.

“Romania will in the future continue to act as Serbia's friend that can
be counted on, he noted, adding he wished Romania and Serbia were not
just neighbors and friends, but EU members as well,” he noted.

Dačić asked his Romanian counterpart for a positive and constructive
stand regarding requests for suspension of the visa liberalization with
Serbia, and Ponta responded that Bucharest was against the request.

“Ponta is the first prime minister to visit the new Serbian government,
which is another confirmation of friendly and traditionally good
relations between the two countries,” the Serbian PM stated.

“Romania is Serbia's great friend and Serbia is Romania's great friend,”
he pointed out, adding that Romania was still the only country to
threaten Serbia's candidate status.

“That must not happen again and problems should not be swept under the carpet anymore,” Dačić said.

“Serbia wants to solve the Vlach and Romanian minority issue as an
integral part of its national equality policy,” he underscored.

“The relations between Serbia and Romania were not damaged by
sanctions, bombing and Kosovo's independence, so we will not allow the
Vlach issue to do it either,” the Serbian official noted.

Ponta stated he had led the opposition when Bucharest opposed giving Serbia the candidate status and criticized that view.

Ponta believes to this day that the issue of the Romanian national
minority and Serbia's EU integration should not be connected, and that
Romania should support Serbia in that process, and not pose an obstacle.

“It is important for Romania that all the rights enjoyed by
the Serb national minority in Romania are also guaranteed for the
Romanian minority in Serbia,” Ponta stressed.

“Serbia is aware
of the pressure on Romania in terms of Kosovo and deeply thankful for
Bucharest's choice not to recognize Kosovo's independence,” Dačić
underscored.

Greek-Americans Organized Fundraiser for Obama

The
organization Greek-Americans for Obama organized a benefit event
supporting President Barack Obama in his re-election campaign.

Many attended an event which was held at the restaurant Loi in
Manhattan. Among them were Aravella Simotas, a member of the New York
Assembly; Communications Workers of American N.Y. President Arthur
Heliotis; N.Y. City Council candidate Peter Maroudas, and
Greek-Americans for Obama officials Ted Anstasiou and George
Papaioannou.

The speakers highlighted the main differences between the two
candidates, Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney,, the former
governor of Massachusetts. They said that Obama and his Vice-President,
Joe Biden, are strong supporters of the middle class.
“President Obama supported Greece in this financial crisis, as he is
well aware of Greek issues,”Maroudas said, without explaining how.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Gaitanos Sings Hymns to Golden Dawn

Petros
Gaitanos, well-known in Greece for his performances of church music and
hymns, caused great surprise when he spoke positively of the extremist
political party Golden Dawn.

In an interview with the local Greek channel Makedonia TV, he
declared that he was in favor of the action of its members and that many
times they did things that he himself wanted to do. He expressed his sorrow for the quality of the Greek people by saying: ” I don’t like them at all.”

Golden Dawn, a neo-Nazi party with an anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic
anti-gay platform, has been linked to beatings, assaults and threats
against people it considers as not purely Greek.

Gaitanos also expressed his anger for the sellers of pirated CD’s,
many of whom are African immigrants in Greece. ”Do you know how many
times I want to hit the black people with the CD they are selling?” he
answered to a question on the subject. ”I prefer Golden Down outreach
some limits instead of being brainwashed by the fake courtesy of the
politicians and the media,’ he concluded.

Catalonia plans secession "a la Kosovo"

Source: Beta

BRUSSELS -- Catalonia is planning to secede from Spain following the example of Kosovo, European media are reporting this week.

(file)

This comes after the province's authorities said they would call a referendum on self-determination.
Catalan
politicians want a new state of the European Union to be "Greater
Catalonia" which would include the Balearic Islands, the Valencia region
- and perhaps also some border regions toward France.

This policy will be put to the test in a referendum planned for 2014.

Italian newspaper La Stampa writes under the headline "Catalonia like
Kosovo" that this Spanish province wants to unilaterally declare
independence.

The authorities in Barcelona, ​​especially after a
demonstration held by half a million Catalans in favor of independence,
and the football derby Barcelona-Real Madrid, during which Catalan fans
waved flags and carried a large banner reading, "Independence," also
seeks five billion euros in aid from Madrid to cope with a huge debt of
42 billion euros and a growing budget deficit.

Barcelona is
also demanding that in the future, Catalonia, Spain's wealthiest region,
should collect its own taxes, after they calculated that eight percent
of Catalonia's GDP is now being distributed to help other Spanish
provinces.

Some commentators are now wondering whether many
European and western countries would move to recognize Catalonia's
unilateral declaration of independence - something impermissible under
Spain's Constitution - just as they recognized "the right of Kosovo" to
unilaterally declare independence from Serbia.

The conclusion
was unanimous - that they will not - because those countries that have
recognized Kosovo insist that it is "a unique case" - although some
commentators have noted that this is in fact a policy of double
standards and "boomerangs that come back".

The Iberosphere
internet portal, which carries political analysis of events in Spain and
Portugal, writes that "It is again time to stop the radicals on both
sides. In Kosovo it took a war, or two, to come to this conclusion. This
time it would be better to learn from history and act early."

A
unilateral declaration of independence of Catalonia is contrary to the
provisions of the European Union and the European Commission has made it
clear that the secession of Catalonia wouldl mean that the new state
would have to apply to be admitted to the EU, which requires a unanimous
approval of all member states - and therefore the government in Madrid.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has recently requested
that in that case, the European Commission must enforce a fundamental
article of the founding act of the EU, the Lisbon Treaty, which
prohibits unilateral secessions of regions of full-fledged EU
member-states.

The political leader and president of the
Catalan government, Arthur Mas, however, said that the referendum
question would be, "Do you wish for Catalonia to become a new state of
the European Union?". According to him, this means that Catalonia would
not be leaving the EU, but only separating from Spain to became a new
state in the organization.

Some commentators suggest that the
examples of Catalonia, Scotland, and Flanders could further encourage
the always powerful, party violent Basque separatism in Spain, but also
similar tendencies in other regions in the EU, such as South Tyrol-Alto
Adige in Italy, Corsica in France, and a part of Romania where ethnic
Hungarians are a majority.

Greek strategist of Deference Net, are seeing the Albanian Prime Minister as leader of the Albanian nationalism

Statements
which can be characterized as irredentist in weight and Greek
territories did the Prime Minister of Albania Sali Berisha told a
cabinet meeting. Albanian
Prime Minister spoke of "national need reunification" of Albanians
everywhere even stressing that this is an irreversible process saying
that it should be done in honor of Albanian heroes who sacrificed for
this purpose."To
unite with each other, to unite with Europe," Berisha said, expressing
his gratitude for the hospitality given to him during his visit to
Kosovo, adding that they should do "everything in order and Albania Kosovo to be together in Europe. "

"Their
dream waiting to come true and we must do everything so that the
Albanians feel good and not feel anywhere orphans and cut off from the
rest of the country, and then represent the ethnic, geographical and an
ethnic majority.It
is extremely important that the reunification of the nation's energy
needs to focus on large values, so the motto is to unite with each
other, to unite with Europe and I hope that with this slogan Albanians
wherever they can build splendid future they deserve, "said Berisha.

He
added that "it is true that they are scattered in the states, but it
can not prevent them from doing their best to experience the sense of
national reunification." "You should not feel alone and abandoned anywhere they live," said the Prime Minister of Albania.At full development, the project of a Greater AlbaniaThese
statements by the mouth of the Albanian Prime Minister anything but
innocent can be characterized as the recently observed high mobility of
Albanian side as the theme of "Cham" and "property" in Greece clearly
put on the table by Albanian Foreign Minister in the heart of Athens.In
Skopje, the atmosphere smells gunpowder with alvanoskopianous want to
gain the upper hand recall that Albanians in Skopje constitute 50% of
the population of the country at the same time threatening withdrawal
from the coalition government is not even many people who think the
solution as dismemberment of Skopje and the accession of a considerable part in Albania.At
the same time there is strong pressure from the international community
for partition of Kosovo, which will bring many reactions from the
Albanian side, not only because such a development would open the "bag
of Aeolus" in the Balkans.Equally
important is the strengthening of the Albanian community in Montenegro
and it became clear in recent elections where two Albanian MPs were
elected while only five remained "on the outside" and one third. All these cause intense debate and concern since it seems the project of a Greater Albania is in full swing.

“Prosecution has new facts in organ trafficking case”

BELGRADE -- Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir
Vukčević said on Wednesday night that new facts had been found in
relation to the human organ trafficking in Kosovo.

Vladmir Vukčević (FoNet, file)

He
added that Clint Williamson, head of the EULEX Special Investigative
Task Force in charge of the probe into the human organ trafficking in
Kosovo and northern Albania, would be informed about the facts.
Williamson and Vukčević will meet in Belgrade on Thursday.

”I expect that we will discuss further steps. Since that was made
known, we have arrived at new facts that we will present to Williamson
and I expect he will be satisfied with that,“ Vukčević told Radio
Television of Serbia (RTS).

Williamson, who arrived in Belgrade
on Wednesday, talked with Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić who said
that the government would give full support so that light could be shed
on the crimes in the province.

On that occasion, Williamson said that his team would also operate in central Serbia, the government announced.

The release notes that Williamson informed Dačić about the
investigation so far and problems related to it, adding that his team
would begin working in central Serbia in the coming months.

”The Serbian government deems that finding the full truth about the
crimes is a debt owed to the victims and an important requirement for
lasting stability," Dačić stressed, the release adds.

“The
Serbian government will encourage all potential witnesses to assist in
the investigation into the crimes committed in Kosovo, and the Interior
Ministry will ensure their maximum protection,” Dačić underscored.

On Thursday, Williamson will also meet with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić.

In his recent address to the UN General Assembly, Nikolić underlined
the need for shedding light on crimes related to the human organ
trafficking in Kosovo.

Greek unions stage general strike

Source: B92, Tanjug

ATHENS -- Members of Greek unions went on a general
strike against austerity measures on Thursday while Athens authorities
fear unrests.

(Beta/AP, file)

Today’s strike is the 20th general strike since the crisis started in the country and it is the second this month.
Lawyers, public notaries, pharmacists, doctors, teachers,
flight controllers, taxi drivers, ferry operators and journalists went
on strike on Thursday.

The protesters have announced walks and rallies in Athens and towns across the country.

The strike will paralyze public services, road, train, air and ferry traffic. Athens stores will be closed for the day.

The general strike represents a culmination of warning strikes after
public service workers Adedy Union and the private sector staff GSEE
Union called their members to hold the general strike.

Greece
is struggling to stay afloat and it depends on two international loans
worth EUR 240bn. In order to receive new loans Greece needs to cut the
spending, increase taxes and implement reforms.

Even though the
Greek authorities managed to significantly reduce the budget deficit,
the austerity measures have sped up recession and the country is on the
verge of depression. It is expected that the economic growth will be
reduced to one fourth of the 2008 level by the end of the next year.
Bearing in mind that every fourth citizen is unemployed, Greece has the
biggest unemployment rate in the EU.

“People who receive
monthly salaries and pensioners are the only ones that are carrying the
burden of the economic crisis while those who do not pay taxes are free
of the burden,” the GSEE representatives have stated.

Russia to target Turkey with anti-aircraft missiles

ISTANBUL

Hürriyet photo

Russia has begun installing a new state-of-the-art anti-aircraft
weapon system in its southern military region with an eye toward
targeting Turkey in response to a NATO missile defense shield outpost that was recently established in East Anatolia, daily Hürriyet reported.

The installation will be completed by the end of this year, said Russian
Col. Igor Gorbul, adding that the S-400 anti-aircraft missiles were
capable of destroying all types of airplanes, as well as
ultra-stratospheric and ballistic missiles.

Turkish-Russian tensions rose last week after Ankara forced down a Syrian passenger plane en route from Moscow to Damascus on suspicions that it was carrying weapons, but Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov moved to defuse tensions by saying the
country’s bilateral relationship would not be damaged by the incident.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

RBA protests in Brusselswith map of Greater Albania

The Red and Black Alliance held a symbolical protest at the European
Commission Headquarters. They demanded the resignation of the Albanian
Prime Minister as a condition for the EU candidate status, and appealed
for a guarantee for the citizens’ will in the next elections.

“The delicate level of
democracy and militantism in the public administration, the corruption
level, the mafia affairs with the privatization of the concessions in
Albania must not go without being reviewed at the European Parliament.
The EU must be the witness of the force of change that all Albanians are
looking for in the 2013 elections”, declared Bajram Koboci, RBA
coordinator in Belgium.

The Commission’s recommendation
conditions the EU candidate status of Albania with the approval of the
laws for the Supreme Court, the Civil Service and the Parliamentary
Regulation reform before the meeting of the Council in December.

Albania to bring home from France remains of

exiled King Zogu

By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, October 17, 10:47 AMAP

TIRANA, Albania — Albania has decided to bring back the remains of its
only post-independence monarch, King Ahmet Zogu, from France where he
died in 1961.
The government announced Wednesday it will
organize the return ceremony Nov. 17, ahead of celebrations for
Albania’s 100th independence anniversary on Nov. 28.

Zogu reigned from 1928 until 1939, when he fled after Albania was occupied by fascist Italy.
Albania’s
post-World War II communist regime abolished the monarchy in 1946, and
the country remained a parliamentary republic after the fall of
communism in 1990.
The royal family returned home in 2002. A
small royalist party is allied to the governing Democratic Party’s
coalition of Prime Minister Sali Berisha.
Zogu was survived by his son, Leka, who died in 2011, and his nephew Crown Prince Leka II.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Kacin says Croatia's EU accession could be postponed

Zagreb, 16 October 2012 (MIA)
- The European Parliament's rapporteur on Serbia, Slovenian politician
Jelko Kacin, told the Turkish news agency Anadolu on Tuesday that
Croatia's accession to the European Union, scheduled for 1 July 2013,
could be postponed until the end of the year or even longer.

He added, however, that a different trade regime
would go into force on 1 January 2013, bringing big changes in the sale
of agricultural products on the Bosnian market. He said this was a
warning message that required an immediate response, Hina news agency
reported.

The Speaker of the Bundestag, Norbert Lammert, on
Sunday called for a halt to the EU enlargement process, including the
planned accession of Croatia, saying it was not ready for entry, but
German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said shortly thereafter he
was confident that Croatia would join the EU as planned.

Earlier today, Kacin's superior, European Parliament
Speaker Martin Schulz, told Reuters the date set for Croatia's EU entry,
1 July 2013, should not be touched.

The latest report by the European Commission on
Croatia's progress has partly been critical concerning the country's
reforms, Schulz told Reuters, adding that "there are a few points which
must be improved".

Clear agreements have been concluded with Croatia. I
hold: 'Pacta sunt servanda'. Therefore Croatia must get its date of
admission, Schulz was quoted as saying.

German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler told the
RuhrNachrichten newspaper today he was positive that Croatia would carry
out its tasks in time for its entry into the EU on 1 July 2013. ba

"If they ask for Kosovo — we'll say no to EU"

BELGRADE -- If Serbia were to officially face the
condition of "either EU or Kosovo", the country would give up on its
intention to join the EU, says Tomislav Nikolić.

Tomislav Nikolić (Tanjug, file)

"This
is what I was also saying during the (election) campaign," the Serbian
president noted in his interview for Belgrade's Večernje Novosti daily.
"It's
been 11 years that we've been watching every wish of the (ethnic)
Albanians getting fulfilled. This will no longer be so," he added.

However, said Nikolić - "so far nobody has officially asked for a
recognition of Kosovo and Metohija", and the country was "being arranged
according to European standards":

"If we are stable and
meeting the conditions, Europe cannot be unstable and constantly make
new ones. We are asking only to be given conditions like other countries
had been given, no more, no less."

Asked why Kosovo's
Albanians should negotiate with Serbia if they and key western countries
consider Kosovo to be independent, Nikolić replied:

"For this
reason a direct question should be taken to the negotiations: can we
count on talks and EU membership, if we disagree with independence of
Kosovo and Metohija."

He added that he "took seriously" the position of Germany, a country he described as "the pillar of Europe".

Meanwhile, a meeting will be held on Friday in Belgrade where top state officials will discuss a platform for Kosovo.

"We will soon have to come up with a joint position. We will suggest
several varieties. We will find the right formulation to take before the
world. The goal is to find a solution that is not independence, and by
and large reflects the essential autonomy guaranteed (to Kosovo) with
(UNSC) Resolution 1244. The platform's accompanying documents will be
our Constitution, the results of all high representatives in Kosovo and
Metohija, an overview of what has been implemented of Resolution 1244,
and what has not been implemented. That text will be presented to the
political and intellectual elites, the Church..."

Asked whether
the ruling SNS party leader and First Deputy PM Aleksandar Vučić was
"going after" top SPS party officials, Nikolić said his close associate
"took on the most difficult of jobs, because he is going after crime":

"How should he know who he'll go after when he receives a case? The
Socialists (SPS) could not have made this much damage, while any of them
who was involved in crime will have to answer for that. I'm sure he
does not wish to persecute anyone."

The president also said
that the fight against crime and corruption was "sincere", and that
"everyone could see this", including the police and the prosecution,
"who used to trade accusations".

Nikolić said he asked
officials of both these institutions to come to him personally if they
thought some case was going to be ignored because it targeted "the big
fish".

"We must show the poor who is to blame for their poverty," he explained.

Monday, October 15, 2012

The Prosecution has discovered a fraudulent network stealing public
fund, organized by the heads of three Diber communes and their financial
directors.

Two heads of communes and four financial directors have been arrested, while the third one is still on the run.

The
Prosecution discovered a company created in 2006, owned by Yllka
Selita, wife of the head of the Lis commune, who was name was used for
the scheme and she was unaware of the situation.

The company was
used by the head of the Lis commune, Dritan Farrici, to realize fictive
tenders with funds coming from the state, which then went to his
personal account. The abuses were realized with tenders in the communes:
Derian, Rukaj, Xiber, Gurre, Sue, Baz and the Public Health Directory
in Mat, the Burrel hospital vice-director, and the health centres in
Rukaj, Derjan , Macukull, Ulez, Sue. The total amount is 53.6 million
ALL.

After withdrawing the money, Farrici distributed them to the finance directors and kept 10% for any case.

Farrici
acted as accountant of Yllka Selita and filled all the necessary forms.
When questioned by the Prosecution, he declared that Yllka Selita, the
wife of the Lis commune, was unaware of the scheme.

Prosecution
says that the defendant has confessed giving money to Hamit Xhakrosa,
head of the Rukaj Commune; Mustafa Celami, head of the Gurre commune,
and Lutfi Ceka, head of the Xiber commune. Investigations discovered
that the same scheme was used at the Burrel Hospital, where the vice
director has received money. All persons involved are charged of theft,
power abuse and forgery.

SP: Scandal with Karaburun
Still no any reaction for Himara properties by Socialist Opposition Party

The Socialist MP, Taulant Balla, reported another scandal from the Ministry of Defence, as he considered it.

The Defence Minister has
transferred to the Ministry of Economy a list of the army assets that
were to be privatized in Karaburun and farther down in Southern Albania,
mainly military barracks.

32.216 square meters of territory
belonging to the army, only in Karaburun, will be sold without taking in
account the profits that these could bring to the area and the Albanian
citizens, who are the real owners, declared MP Balla, who asked for an
immediate interruption of the sale process.

“We needed a full
study plan for Karaburun, including tourist development of the area.
Karburun has always been a closed area and only for the military. Now it
is turning to a private area with people who have connections with this
government”, Balla declared.

Balla says that the list of properties that the government is trying to sell in a hurry doesn’t end here. According to the official list of the Ministry of Defence, the military areas of Llogara, Orikum and Dukat will also be sold.

“Imami
wants to sell them immediately, and will take these properties not only
from the army, but also from the Albanian citizens, and he will give
them to private owners who have close ties with him”, Balla declared.

In
this list is included the Maritime Mine Depot in Orikum and Kepi i
Gjuhezes in Karaburun, with 2569 square meters. Then there is the Haxhi
Alia Cave Artillery Battery, known as an attraction for all Albanians,
where the Ministry will sell 1548 square meters.

1891 square
meters will be sold in Shenjan belonging to a military base, and another
Artillery Battery in the same area, with 20.934 square meters. The
viewpoints 23 and 114, one in Bristan, Karaburun, and the other in
Llogara, have 5814 and 8024 square meters of terrain that will be sold.

All
these territories are in southern Albania, with a great tourist
potential. The Socialist MP that the sale should have been discussed, in
order to see the interest for the public.

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Pristina. On
November 27th Kosovo and Albania will jointly celebrate the
100-anniversary of the creation of the Albanian state. On the occasion
Prishtina and Tirana will be connected by the newly built 61 km Kosovo
section of the trans-Albanian motorway “Morine-Gjurgjice”, Preportr informs.
The trans-Albanian motorway, which will connect Albanian main Adriatic
port Durres with Kosovo Merdare north-east cross-border check point
with Serbia, is part of the trans-European Corridor no.8, now passing
(modified) via Nish and connecting Bulgarian Black sea port of Bourgas
with the Mediterranean.
The project is an extension of the Albanian motorway construction,
which began in 2006, completing 171 kilometres on Albanian side and now
adding another 90 kilometres on Kosovo territory for an estimated cost
of 750 million euro from a total of 1 billion American infrastructure
projects’ grant for Kosovo. When completed, the motorway will reduce
travelling time from Prishtina to Durres to 3.5 hours from the current
5 hours. For Kosovo, construction of the motorway has additional
importance as it will provide direct access to the Adriatic-Ionian
highway.
American Bechtel and Turkish Enka have been selected as contractors on
the project, work on which began in April 2010 with a completion date
of September 2013.

Reintroduction of visas “not very likely”

Source: Tanjug

BRUSSELS -- Several EU member states have announced
that they will launch a procedure in late October that will allow them
to quickly suspend Serbia’s visa-free regime.

However,
European Stability Initiative’s expert Alexandra Stiegelmeier believes
that reintroduction of visas for Serbian citizens is not very likely.
Tanjug has learnt from diplomatic sources in Brussels that
Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden and the Netherlands will request
that a procedure to reintroduce visas for Serbia and Macedonia at the EU
interior ministers’ meeting on October 25.

“However, there is no mechanism in the EU so far that will enable such a
request to be implemented fast and easy,” Stiegelmeier told Tanjug.

“Not a single EU member state, not even Germany, can unilaterally
suspend the visa-free regime because it would represent a gross
violation of the Schengen Treaty,” she explained.

Stiegelmeier
pointed out that there was a possibility that the EU member states would
adopt a mechanism, that was proposed by the European Commission (EC) in
May 2011, which would allow a quick suspension of the visa-free regime.

“All Germany can do is exert pressure on the European Council
to send the amendment on the suspension procedure to the Parliament for
urgent adoption,” she explained.

“Even if this scenario came
true, it would take at least six months to adopt the mentioned mechanism
and even then it is not sure that it could be applied to Serbia,”
Stiegelmeier said.

“The mechanism envisages that visas can be
reintroduced if the number of asylum seekers from a country suddenly
increases in a period of six months and the increase in the number of
asylum seekers that Germans are complaining about has a short-term
character,” she pointed out.

“In fact, if you look at the
annual level, the number of asylum seekers from Serbia has dropped in
the past two years,” Stiegelmeier noted.

“All this means that
the Serbian citizens will be able to travel to the EU without collecting
a bunch of papers and going through a long, humiliating procedure in
consulates in the foreseeable future. On the other hand, if the Serbian
authorities do not start seriously dealing the causes of collective
trips to Europe for just several hundreds of euros a month, in the long
run it is possible that visas will be reintroduced,” she concluded.

The Panepirotic Federation of America vehemently condemns the brutal destruction by Albanian authorities on August 26 of a Greek Orthodox Church in the Chimara region of the former Communist nation that once prohibited all forms of religious worship. The Church of St. Athanasius in the town of Drymades, known in Albanian as Dhermi, was completely destroyed by government agents acting on the authority of Albania’s Interior Ministry.

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Himara Community of USA, Addresses Himarra Property Issues with US State Department / Ambassador

The Honorable John F. Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Department of State Dear Mr. Secretary: We are writing to inform you of issues affecting United States citizens who have vested interests in the municipality of Himarra, Albania, and to express our concern about their long outstanding and unresolved problems regarding property rights. Over 1500 US citizens of Himarrioton descent are disenfranchised of their rights to the ownership of their family properties which were confiscated in 1945 by the communist regime. They have been attempting to claim their family properties since the end of the communist period without success due to the laws and policies of the Albanian government which a) fail to address ownership rights of pre-1945 landowners, b) fail to address the rights of owners who were forced to emigrate to the United States for economic or political reasons, and c) fail to address the rights of those with dual citizenship who have attempted to claim their properties as Albanian citizens.

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Officially: Omonoia, In Albania over 300.000 Greeks declared

30 % or 86,000, are declared electronically and this process includes 85 % of the members of the Greek minority Vlora Prefecture is the mostly populated by Greeks, there are about 90. 000 Greeks. TIRANA - Democratic Union of the Greek Ethnic Minority, Omonoia publishes the results of the census of members of the Ethnic Greek Community, organized by it structures. The Prime Census, was the decision of the General Council of the organization as members argued for exclusion of the Greek minority in the months Census October 2011, organized by the Institute of Statistics .

The history of elections of the Albanian dictator, to terrorize the people of Himara

A special Edition by SManalysis December 2, 1945: The Himariotes, abstaining from communist referendum, as happens usually for Himara the Albanian historians, never wrote this tragic history. Nikos Koutoulas, who boldly told the special communist court: "I'm Greek . I do not know Albanian, get me a interpret!" Still now, Albania never hold free politic elections, including Himara Municipality

Albanian Writer Raises Storm in Kosovo

Kosovo officials have rounded on Albanian writer Fatos Lubonja for saying that the political elites in both countries turned a blind eye to the crimes of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA. Besar Likmeta BIRN Tirana Albanian writer Fatos Lubonja In the article published in the May edition of the magazine Sudosteuropa, Lubonja focused on the reaction of Albania’s political class to the acquittal of the former KLA commander and Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj by the Hague Tribunal. Lubonja wrote that following Haradinaj’s release, the elite in Pristina and Tirana celebrated him as a hero, despite having enough information that the charges brought by prosecutors in the Hague were correct.

As long as human rights and civil liberties are violated in Himara Region primarily property, Greec

Himara Associations: Athens to block the status of Albania, if Tirana, does not solve the property issue Two associations based in Himara, "The Himara Community" and "Sea Coastal Association" have asked in a statement distributed to the media this afternoon that Greece "should block the candidate status for Albania" if Tirana, will not solve the problems of Human Rights and particularly the issue of the properties in Himara Region. The statement takes into consideration the visit Tirana following day of E.Venizelos the Greek Deputy Prime Minister also heads the Presidency of the European :

Albania minorities object to territorial division

Albania's civil society is calling on officials to diffuse tensions and protect minorities from discrimination and potential violence as a result of the decision to scrap the existing municipalities and create a new territorial administration. The government reduced the 384 local government units to 65, effectively creating entirely Albanian-majority municipalities. Greek, Macedonian and other minority representatives said the government's move violates their rights and international norms.

Poll: Albania, the most racist country in Europe

An international survey data from the World Value Survey collected and processed by the Washington Post reveals that Albania is the most racist country in Europe and worldwide more racists. The survey attempts to make a connection between economic development and being tolerant inside a society with ethnic crashes.. Thus, the most tolerant countries in the world are the Nordic countries, Great Britain and some of its former colonies, the United States, Canada and Australia. Countries with high tolerance are also in Latin America, where Venezuela exception.

Fatos Lobonja: Albania needs formatting not to rebirth

Fatos Lobonja, in an interview for the program "PULS" the KohaVision in Kosovo, there appeared criticism of developments in Albania. According Lubonja Albanians as a society still can not be consolidated. The reasons, according to him, are corrupt Albanian political elites on all sides, inside and abroad. He said they did not thirst for power leaves organize and move forward. Edi Rama's arrival at the head of government, according Lubonja, will not change the image of Albania, because Rama is associated with the oligarchs and organized crime. " He should answer that elite and non-citizens of Albania ", Lobonja estimates.

Nicholas Gage: Athens to give soon the Greek citizenship for thousand north epiriotes

World Council delegation of Epirus Abroad, meeting with the Ministry of Interior for the vote of northern epiriotes and the resolve the pension problem The visit of Nicholas Gage, is considering as the latest diplomatic effort of USA lobbing, for implementation of the "Protocol of Corfu" agreement, between Albania and Greece, based on the ulterior escalation in Balkan region. The Delegation of the World Council of Foreign Relation of Epirus (PSIE) headed by the Honorary President Nicolas Gkatzogianni, had a working meeting with the Greek Interior minister Stylianidis and v/ minister Syrigos.

Himariotes, lobbying in USA, for Autonomy

A group of people of Himara, with American citizenship, are lobbying to the US Congress and the State Department, that the Himara Region, receive the right for autonomy, according to international historical right to his self-determination. Proposed to merge all associations operating in USA, Greece and Albania, to be united in a single purpose: Autonomous Himara, Movements in the Balkans geopolitical, Mitrovica case, cutting pension from Greece, scarce public investment, robbery and illegal registration of property, etc., have raised a great concern, as never in the recent relationship of Himara, Albanian and Greek state relationship.

Pyrros Dimas, meeting with the Greek Minister of Labour, for problem of pensions to the Northern Ep

- Initiative of MP of PASOK, Pyrros Dimas for preparing and drafting a legislative proposal in collaboration with representatives of the Northern Epirus organizations. - The Minister agreed on the need to find a solution and urged the Member to develop concrete proposals, and that after consultation with the Secretary of the New Republic, Manolis Kefaloyiannis will be submitted jointly to the Minister of Finance.

"Kakome Case" again to the Albanian Tribunals

The Greek Community continues to "constant war" with the Albanian government to protect property. The apathy of Athens, to respond to the robbery of the properties in just the time, that OSCE, under the process of the registration of property in Ionian Coast, from European taxpayers, without any trasparence, is favoring according to Albanian law, alienation of property, of the Greek community , with the false documents.

Berisha: albanophobia threatens inter region

Berisha: "We must accept that they are the only people who live in 5 states. A nation that is unjustly divided into 5 states, a nation that wants to look to a common future. But again albanophobia is still in action " Albanian Prime Minister for the second time, threatening Greece, claiming that Albanians in Greece, should join the Albanian state.

NORTHERN EPIRUS THROUGH THE CENTURIES(LECTURE OF VASILIOS KYRANIS, Harvard University -1981) AL

Christos Pappas, in an interview with Arthur Zhei, News 24 TV

Pappas: "Northern Epirus is a region that holds arbitrary from Albania, as recognized by the great powers, the Protocol of Corfu. The Law of War against Albania, can not remove from Papoulias nor Greek parliament, but the Greek army is ready to liberate the Northern Epirus, again

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After a life threatening message to Archbishop Janullatos

42 Orthodox clergy against census and Red & Black Alliance: Janullatos has not afraid of death 42 Tirana archdiocese Orthodox clergy have reacted with a joint statement in defense of Anastasios Yannoulatos. Their attitude comes after strong reactions against the Red & Black Alliance, for Archbishop and after a census that sees Orthodox in third place in terms of religion in the country.

Albania: 100 years, Berisha plays 'great Albania' trump card

In Tirana Albanian leaders, tensions with Macedonia 28 November, 10:49 (ANSAmed) - TIRANA, NOVEMBER 28 - Albania's black and red national flag with a double-headed eagle is waving across the country which is celebrating today its 100th anniversary of independence in a tense political climate. The centre-right Premier Sali Berisha has been calling for days for an ethnic-national unification of all Albanians living in different Balkan states, in efforts to revive a strong nationalism which is rejected by Albania's opposition.

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CONTINUES THE DEBATE IN WASHINGTON D.C. FOR THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM NORTHERN

According to the Greek organisation of Albania estimates there are thousands of Greek American citizens from Northern Epirus (Southern Albania) which is refering the Journalist Lambros Papantoniou, asking the Spokesman of State Department for the rights of American citizens with Greek origin to take their properties in Southern Albania. Papantoniou is refereeing a Memo between Albanian State and USA about the civil rights especially for the properties of American citizens who are interested to take them according to Albanian Constitution and laws the properties of family generation. This is the second debate of the veteran Journalist for Balkan Issues in State Department Lambros Papantoiou who accuses over all the Sali Berisha Regim in Albania supported by the President Bush.

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Avramopoulos`s speach during NATO meeting

Greece threatens Albania blocking the integration process after Berisha's statements Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, has expressed his concern at the NATO ministerial meeting about rising tide of nationalism in Albania and premature declarations of the government. In a press release the Greek Foreign Ministry said that "the growth of nationalism and populism in some of our neighboring countries is a source of great concern."

The U.S. talk of "change of borders in the Balkans"

Message-warning sent to Albania by the U.S. representative to the State Department, which in a statement said that any change of borders in the Balkans "would be counterproductive and destabilizing," but the issue is that for the first time put the U.S. even and negative mood on any change of borders in the Balkans ...

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THE BIG CHANGE IN PERIVOLO, DRYMADES, HIMARA REGION

Dhermi, (Drymades, Himara Region) between natural beauty and destruction Look at those videos, before in 2010, everything natural and in 2012 the differences, the big changes how are divided Mafia plots, see whose investments are shown, with the camera of a sportsman parachute, in Long Beach "Perivolo" in Dhrymades, the Himara Region. Look at how this summer 2012, the Concessions of Mafia provided by The Himara Counsil Municipality and the Government of Albania, have become a reality. The Sand Beach Drymades, is transformed in the sidewalks and kiosks. See how they are transformed Dhermi, in a few years, in an administrative center, disrupting also balance the religious and ethnic composition of himariotes.

Robert Elsie: If I would live in Albania, it would be crazy. It is the same as in Ottoman times

After known albanolog Milan Shufla, Robert Elsie is the best conteproranean albanian albanolog in the World During his intereweu on "Top Channely TV, Robert Elsie, on his first interview on TV. expresed his story about Albanian and Albanian state in 100 years. An interesting tale scholar known for his work difficulties in view of the Albanian language. Elsie, who knows Albanians for years, amounts to a chilling conclusion. He says he will not ever live in Albania, as it will go mad. "I can not live here. It's a little wild for me, the relationships between people are a bit wild. I know that is just a facade that inside have good spirit, but have a rabies in human relations. You know how to protect yourself here, and here I am like a rabbit, he can not defend myself. I come here with pleasure, but do not believe they can afford to come and live here forever. There is much frustration of everyday life. Life is too short and I do not have time to bump into obstacles, only to achieve something, when in another country and get away and then live my life, "said Elsie to Albanian. And while Enver Hoxha's Albania as compared with that of Sali Berisha, adds: "There is something that depends only on the party, it's more the attitude of the people. So to get something going, you have to know someone in the Ministry, to drink coffee with, then drink coffee again next week with even a third time, and then he connects with the person that you are interested . That is the same as in Ottoman times, not like a normal country. ".

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Greece, is going to Plan B: grant for 600 thousand Greek citizenship, at the Consulates

Failure of the Census in Albania, apparently, has forced Athens, put in place, going to Plan B to its foreign policy, grant citizenship to all Hellenic Community of Northern Epirus (Greek passports) through three Greek consulates in Albania. According to “The Albanian newspaper Gazeta Shqiptare”, in a statement issued by the Greek Consul in Argjirokaster, Nikolaos Kotroxois, will begin soon, giving the Greek passports to Albanian citizens of Greek descent, who have applied for years. The decision is taken, after Athens, has used all diplomatic sources to have to Tirana, the same wavelength, particularly in geopolitical matters, particularly Kosovo. In his statement, the Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas, noted, that Tirana, continues to show towards Greece, feeling not sincere cooperation, while simultaneously calling for the right to self-determination of the Greek community in Albania.

BERISHA: GREATER ALBANIA, WE LOST TERRITORIES

he Albanian Prime Minister held a meeting with Prishtina University students, in which he argued why he is against the unification of Albania with Kosovo and why both countries would lose, if borders would be changed. “The vital interest of the Albanians is to preserve the current borders, and the Albanians should not accept, at any cost, to lose a single square meter of the land they are entitled to. Another redraw of the borders would mark undeserved losses of the Albanian territories. We must be patient, free, and should not undertake any action that threatens territorial losses. Every generation has to make its duty, and this generation made it”, Berisha declared.

Dimas:"The Greek ethnic Community in Albania has the right of free of charge self-determination"

The reliability of the results of population census in Albania, in terms of minority groups, directly challenging the foreign minister Stavros Dimas, diaminyontas same time that the Respect for human and minority rights is … crucial criterion for the progress of the accession method of our neighbor. In a letter sent to the Home in response to a question from a Member of LA.OS K. Aivaliotis, Dimas says that “the foreign ministry has closely followed all the developments surrounding the census in Albania, even though produced timely plays, both bilateral and European level to make sure the integrity process and unimpeded registration of members of the Greek National Minority, and each location of residence of such ». As outlined, the “Selection of the representatives of the main minority groups, including the Greek National Minority, invite their members to abstain in protest not guaranteed to respect the right of free of charge self-determination, showed a significant deficit of trust minority in the Albanian state, which ought to itself the Albanian government to address priority ».

The Constitutional Court Decision on December 1, the Latter abolished the term Ethnic certificate of Its Citizens. In the Decision, panels argues why the notion of "nationality" is incompatible with the constitution When Its state charter law does not provid a clear definition of Its meaning. In Assessing the Court, "nationality" as defined concept without, unlike Other components of civil law does not Create a link that 'translates the Mutual rights and duties of Natural Persons and state.

While the total population in Himara Municipality, does not exceed 12 thousand inhabitants, a source from the prosecution of Vlora, shows that the problems of ownership at the squirrels region have reached the 7500 court proceedings and special investigations, which marks a world record, by how a country like Albania, could not manage the right of ownership, in one of the areas attacked by the Albanian mafia and international. However, the U.S. Department Report for 2004 on human rights in Albania, states clearly that in the Himara Municipality, the community lands and the Orthodox Church, was robbed by a Courts with false documents, supported by the Office of Propetry Registration in Albania.

Arben Puto: Albania has declared war against Greece first

In his book "The Italian Greek War", Arben Puto, well known historian of the era of dictatorship in Albania, writes that: "In a unanimous decision of the Albanian Parliament on July 15, 1940, was ratified, the Italian Fascist royal decree, which declared all war allies France and Britain, including the USA and Greece. So need to Albanians, to be aware that Greece was not declared war Albania, but Albania, with military battalions that attacked Greece on 28 October 1940 ".

WB returns to Ionian Riviera residence reconstruction

Another World Bank project is being executed with the help of the Albanian authorities for the reconstruction of the residences in Albania’s southern coastline. The 625.000 USD project aims to protect and promote the values of the Albanian national architecture in the Southern part of the country, in order to prevent destruction and abandonment of the traditional houses. “Shqip” newspapers says that the Ministry of Public Works is the WB partner in the “Roofs and Facades” project. The implementation of the program has started in the villages classified as participators: Dhermi i Vjeter, Qeparo i Vjeter, Ilias, Vuno, Himare e Vjeter, Piqeras, Nivice and Luksht. The World Bank will finance 70% of the restauration cost, with a maximum of 7000 USD, while the program “Accommodation and Breakfast” will finance 50 of the restoration cost, with a maximum of 5,000 USD. The program “Roofs and Facades” aims to restore 72 houses in 18 months. 20 of them will adopt with the conditions of modern life, in the framework of the program “Accommodation and Breakfast”.

In Albania, at 20 years post-dictatorship, 8 thousands murders, for the issue of property

The shocking data, are given by the Prosecutor General, to the Albanian press Shocking facts which, in the wake of Albania rank Civil War, the high level of killings, including the year 1997 Through the Albanian press, Attorney General, has published shocking facts about the increasing number of murders in Albania, especially for issues of ownership. Clic on photo ....

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First step to Greater Albania: Kosovo Opens First Highway Section

A 38 kilometre-tranche of the road, which will eventually cross the country from the Albanian to Serbian border, was opened on Saturday. The first section, which runs from Vermica on the Albanian border to close to the town of Suhareka, cost 330 million euro. Senior Kosovo and Albania government officials were present at the inauguration ceremony. In a speech, Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga said that the "highway has the role of linking nations and countries". "It is our link with important European corridors. Our coordinated policy will make us a free and equal members of the European Union," she added. Named the "Ibrahim Rugova Highway", after Kosovo's most famous president, the road connects with Albania's first highway, which was also built by the Turkish-American consortium Bechtel-Enka.

George Goro: Registration of properties on the southern coast of Albania faces difficulties

The process of registration of property in southern coastal areas of Albania is getting quite difficult. Mayor George Himara Goro says it has so far only completed the registration of houses and land but not land. Problems with documentation and the implementation of the Land Law difficult, according to him, residents in this process.

The Monument of Independence of Albania, is in hassle

PDIU Cam Community Party, the Socialist Party's local leader in Vlora, and "Red & Black Alliance", are making a nationalistic competition, the Monument of Independence and the Albanian national flag. Few days ago, Prime Minister Sali Berisha, said the establishment of a new monument to the independence of Albania in Tirana, implying, dismiss the historical tradition of Albanian independence in Vlora.

Himarrioton Society of America

The Himarriotans of America, motivated by the love of Himarra, the land of their native origin, and dedicated to the noblest ideals of their forfathers, have established this organization which aspires to the cultivation and preservation of Himarriotic culture in America, to making a positive difference in the lives of its members, and to promoting the rights and interests of the Himarriotans in Himarra, through the realization of patriotic, charitable, philanthropic, educational and cultural endeavors.

Opinion in Kosovo: "Socialists in Albania, are filo Greek"

The Chairman of the Opposition in Albania, Edi Rama, accused by the press in Kosovo that "he is with filo Greek sentiments" If, Sali Berisha, Albania's current prime minister, is expected both in Macedonia and Kosovo, as president of the Albanian nation, this has not happened with the chairman of the opposition in Albania, Edi Rama. During a recent visit to Kosovo, Edi Rama is unpopular, the fact that the perception of public opinion in Kosovo, is that the south, is the area close to Greece, but especially Rama and the Socialist Party, was accused of holding a position filo Greek, against the interests of Greater Albania.